Gene Purcell, the top Wisconsin public broadcasting leader and chair of the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism board of directors, has died of injuries from a motorcycle crash.
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Charles Sheppard, Who Helped Hundreds Of Homeless Vets In Milwaukee, Dies Of COVID-19 At 61
Charles had been homeless, and believed in the power of one vet helping another.
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Duane Bark — beloved educator and football coach who painted daughter’s nails, dies of COVID-19 at 61
Markesan district schools superintendent, athletic director mentored those around him without seeking recognition
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‘Every single one of them changed lives’: 6 nuns at Greenfield Convent die of COVID-19
These six sisters lived their lives as educators and care providers. They all died from complications of COVID-19.
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Rosemary Kraemer, beloved mother, grandmother and ‘GG’, dies of COVID-19 at 74
Rosemary Kraemer died Oct. 14, 2020, of complications from COVID-19 at age 74. She is one of more than 4,000 Wisconsinites lost to the virus.
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Edward Anderson, WWII veteran who spent months as prisoner of war, dies of COVID-19 at 97
Anderson was 97 when he died of COVID-19 in November, one of more than 4,000 Wisconsinites who’ve died from the disease.
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Dick Wheeler, knower-in-chief
Dick Wheeler, whose career was dedicated, first and foremost, to the Public’s Right to Know, died of a heart attack Nov. 11, as he was preparing for work. On April 25 he will be honored posthumously in Madison with the Distinguished WisconsinWatch.orgdog Award, presented by the Wisconsin Freedom of Information Council, the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism and the Madison professional chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists.